A number of interesting things going on in this shot of #488 bringing a charter down from Cumbres Pass at about mile post 337. It's 2005, and the Cumbres & Toltec has just started a much needed re... (more)

A heavy thunderstorm has passed and the regular passenger trains from Antonito and Chama have departed, so Osier, Colorado is once again a quiet, remote place. Only former Rio Grande Southern Moto... (more)

As is the case for most things from the steam era, running the Nevada Northern's 100 ton steam wrecking crane A is a labor intensive undertaking. After successfully re-railing #81's tender, the c... (more)

There was a problem outside the shop on the Nevada Northern Ry. Engine #81 is currently being rebuilt in the shop, and its tender derailed while it was being moved. Time to call in 100 ton steam p... (more)

It's the 3rd of October, 2004 and the final day of public running for the original operator of the Georgetown Loop. I rode the first train of the day out of Silver Plume, and then spent the rest o... (more)

Nevada Consolidated Copper Co #93 has left the East Ely yard and moved out onto the spur to downtown Ely. A boiler blowdown is in progress as a brakeman climbs down out of the cab. From the 2009 N... (more)

NN #40 pulls a mixed train south through the Steptoe Valley. We're at Lavon siding on the Hi Line, headed to Ely from Adverse on this dreary February morning. From the Nevada Northern 2020 winte... (more)

It's fall of 2009, and my son and I are in town for a Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec #315 special, but of course we HAVE to show up a day early so we can chase steam through the backcountry. He... (more)

C&TS #487 leads #488 as we've stopped at the top of Cumbres Pass. #487 will cut off here, turn on the wye and run light back down to Chama, NM. Note the patches of snow still present in early Ju... (more)

A mixed train has left Ely headed up the Steptoe Valley on the main line just northeast of town. #40 has the duty this morning as we head north over snowless ground. Plenty of snow on the surrou... (more)

NCCCo (Nevada Consolidated Copper Co.) #93 pulls a short string of ore cars past the RIP building in the East Ely yard. It's the winter of '08-'09 and the yearly Nevada Northern photo shoot is in... (more)

NN #40 has a big day ahead of it. It's morning, and crew are making last minute preparations before moving the beautiful 10-wheeler out of the enginehouse where railfan photographers await. 2020... (more)

Big country, little train. A stock train crosses the Rio de los Piños on a wood pile trestle at milepost 324.52 on its climb up Cumbres Pass. From a 2011 Lerro Productions charter.

Passengers are happily chowing down in the dining hall, but the crews still have work to do before our trains can continue on to their destinations in Chama and Antonito. Engine #484's fireman is... (more)

D&RGW #485 - in reality #489 re-numbered to play the part of the only non-surviving K-36 class - leads its freight train around the final loop of "Tanglefoot Curve, just below Cumbres Pass. Short... (more)